The footprint of the shelves was great - great size and shape. However, the amount of holes we had to drill into the wall was absurd, and after we had them anchored in with the provided hardware, they still weren't totally flush to the wall. Anything with even the least bit of weight pulled the shelves away from the wall, slanting them slightly downward. We didn't feel like messing with returning them so ended up buying brackets to anchor them better, at which point the shelves stayed flush to the wall, but for the price paid it was disappointing to go out of our way to remedy what should have been a non-issue.